Letters From Robben Island contains a selection of 86 of the more than 900 pieces of correspondence Ahmed Kathrada wrote during his 26 years on Robben Island and at Pollsmoor Prison. Some were smuggle
Jewish Life in the Industrial Promised Land, 1855-2005, combines an examination of the evolution of a small ethnic and religious community with analysis of the dramatic rise and decline of an industri
Since its founding in 1855, Michigan State University has emerged from its modest ?oak opening” in the wilderness to become a large campus park. This story reflects the commitment of campus leaders si
Before he died in 1998, Hopper (communications, U. of Texas- Austin) had gradually become convinced, as a social scientist, that men and women are more alike than different, that they do not actually
While Nazi propaganda is the mark of vivid evil, says Bytwerk (communication, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan), that of East Germany leaves images of gray old men in colorless cities. He says b
"One of Canada's most remarkable botanists, Alf Erling Porsild (1901-1977) grew up on the Arctic Station in West Greenland, where he later served as Vice/Acting Canadian Consul (1940-43). For nearly t
Ronald Spickett (1926-) is a Calgary-based artist, poet, and Zen Buddhist Lay-priest. During his long career, he also taught studio art at the Alberta College of Art and Design and the University of C
